This will simply list the contents of your-archive.zip. This command (zip) will remove everything (-d) starting with _MACOSX from your ZIP file (your-archive.zip). If it’s a long path, just type “cd “, then drag the folder into Terminal (less typing is always good).Īnd that should do it. Next, open Terminal and cd into the directory where your ZIP file is located. This may not always be necessary, but if you require a “clean” ZIP file, here’s what you can do.įirst, create your ZIP via the finder – like you always do. These are invisible when decompressed on a Mac-the. That said, due to the differences in the supported features, when you use the Finder (by right-clicking) to create a ZIP file, pretty sure it also adds some 'metadata' files to the archive. Thankfully there is a relatively easy way to remove those files. Regardless of what created it, any OS with support can open it. Compatibility: Have BetterZip remove Mac specific files from archives for archives that look and behave well on Windows. Press Enter and the zip file will be unzipped, storing all files on your. Modify archives: Open an archive and add, delete, rename, and edit files. Type unzip and a space, then drag/drop the zip file into the Terminal window. This drives PC users nuts – and believe me, it drives Mac users nuts too. BetterZip can create archives with these formats: ZIP, DMG, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TXZ, TZ, Zstandard, Brotli, 7-ZIP, XAR, and using the external commandline utility RAR. It’s the equivalent of selecting “Send to ZIP Folder” under Windows.īut Mac OSX does something rather bizarre when creating ZIP files: it adds several unnecessary, unwanted and un-called-for files starting with _MACOSX. Creating a ZIP file on your Mac is really easy: select a few files in Finder, right-click on those and select “Compress…”.
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